This chapter is about the possibility of creating alternatives
to our reliance on toxic nuclear power. If we put the money the government
ear-marked for nuclear energy into clean renewable sources we would have
more electricity than we know what to do with. We could shift
from polluting energy sources. All that is required is scientific and financial
support for the emerging clean forms of energy to end our reliance
on nuclear energy, oil and coal. Although the price of solar energy
has declined over the last few years, it can't compete with the enormous
monetary support nuclear power has had in the form of subsidies, tax breaks
and insurance coverage by the government.

Let's develop clean energies and phase out unrealistic
expenditures on nuclear power. Solar, thermal, photovoltaic, wind,
biomass, hydro, earth energy and other benign renewable technologies have
already been developed and can be further refined and rapidly spread around
the world at affordable cost. Let technology be put to some good use that
makes sense!

Since the Japanese catastrophe of March 2011 there seems
to be more media mention of solar panels and other forms of alternative
energy. One such innovative application is solar panels that float
on pontoons on water on agricultural land. A New York Times article
'Solar on the Water' (April 21, 2011) points out:

“while it is a niche market, it is potentially
a large one globally. The solar panel aqua farms have drawn interest
from farmers and mining companies enticed by the prospect of finding a
new use for – and new revenue from – their liquid assets.”

It makes sense to expand the use of clean energy while encouraging
its financial viability. Another approach is to reduce demand. A
growing number of “passive houses” are being built around the country.
These buildings have about 30% more insulation than standard houses and
only use a fraction of the electricity.

In Europe over 15,000 homes, apartments and office buildings
have been built using the passive house concept. Beginning
in 2020, the European Union will require new buildings to produce all the
energy they consume. What a great idea! Read chapter two about
the economic failure of nuclear power, propped up by subsidies and hand
outs.

In fact, two establishment sources confirm the feasibility
and cost effectiveness of using renewable energy. An encouraging
article in Scientific American (Mark Jacobsen and Mark De Lucchi, “A Path
to Sustainable Energy by 2030” Nov. 2009) proposes that 100% of the worlds
energy could be supplied by wind, water and solar resources by as early
as 2030. They contend that the cost of generating and transmitting
power “would be less than the projected cost per kilowatt-hour for fossil
fuel and nuclear power.” Renewable energy is economically feasible
and they “hope global leaders can figure out how to make wind, water and
solar politically feasible as well.”

The Union of Concerned Scientists studied the potential
for a clean renewable energy economy and put together their findings in
a report, the Climate 2030 Blueprint, in which they describe how
their “blueprint cuts carbon emissions and saves money.” In fact,
enacting their proposals would save consumers $465 billion annually by
2030.

In searching for new clean energy, some inventors have
found that space is filled with motion - the quantum fluctuations
within the atom and the stars - and that this energy could be converted
into electricity. Orthodox scientists have overlooked the vacuum of space
and that it might be utilized for energy because they have not realized
it consists of pure massless charge. Electromagnetic and gravitational
forces are in the vacuum.

In the book The Secret of the Creative Vacuum author
John Davidson tells us:

“Physics needs to seriously consider the vacuum
state as a real energy field. An understanding of vacuum state manifestation
leads one to design more efficient energy machines that do not require
the use of nuclear fission or fusion.”

While scientists have estimated the energy in the vacuum
by various means, a reasonable calculation is given by Wheeler and Misner
in their book Geometrodynamics (Academic Press NY 1962). They
say the “energy density of the vacuum potential is enormous.”

Retired US Army Lt. Col. Tom Bearden PhD, a leading conceptualist
in alternate energy technology and an inventor, says:

“In particle physics it is well known that the
active vacuum is incredibly energetic...so even a tiny efficiency of tapping
this energy could and will extract all the energy one could wish.”

For further discussion of the vacuum potential and other
new energies see the informative references on the last page of this chapter.

Instead of being blinded by traditional ideas, let us
look into the spectrum of energy sources waiting to be harnessed to make
usable physical energy.

Once we install clean energies, radioactive waste remains
a vast challenge. The states plans to transport radioactive waste in thousands
of shipments across the country to Nevada and to deregulate radioactive
waste and use it in commercial products do not make sense!There are other
possible solutions. One energy technology that might offer hope is transmutation.

Transmutation is, in this application, used to describe
the conversion of radioactive elements into other radioactive elements
with shorter life spans, or into non-radioactive elements. In some cases
the process may change the radioactive element into another element with
a shorter half-life, so that the necessary storage time is reduced. In
other cases the element itself would be changed. Traditional science
says this is not possible. However, in recent years, experiments by certain
labs have been replicated and several patents granted. See the DVD
on transmutation in References for discussion of this valuable possibility.

If nuclear power production were phased out and scientists
further developed readily available renewable energies, we would be in
a good position to allow the earth to renew itself.

Of course, we will have to re-mineralize the soil and
quadruple plant life to absorb CO2 and make oxygen. And we would have to develop a
respect for Nature which would inform our scientific and economic endeavors
in order to shape healthy and sustainable energy strategies.

We can observe that corporate greed has exploited Nature,
impoverished the people, who are in a state of biological degeneration,
and ruined the land with the huge loss of topsoil, bankrupted the government
and allowed the perpetuation of radioactive contamination all over the
earth.

On the other hand, many citizens have been tireless in
their work towards preserving a liveable Earth. Amory Lovins, the
founder of The Rocky Mountain Institute and a pioneer in the effort towards
establishing clean energy, has repeatedly shown that nuclear power is not
only deleterious to the environment and human health, it is not economically
viable either. Nuclear energy cannot compete with the efficiency
and safety of renewable sources of energy. Current analysis indicates
it is possible to use sustainable technologies to meet world energy needs
by reducing energy waste through increasing efficiency while phasing out
nuclear power.

There is a heartening wave of agreement with Lovins' proposals.
An article in the conservative journal Foreign Affairs, “Globalizing the
Energy Revolution” (Nov. Dec. 2010 Levi, Economy, O'Neil, Segal) confirms
Amory Lovins' facts and concludes that “a massive drive to develop cheaper
clean-energy solutions is necessary.” A New York Times article by
Mathew Wald (11/17/2010) “GOP Gains May Not Aid Nuclear Power” confirms
that the “nuclear renaissance” is mostly stalled.

With all the obstacles in the path of a new generation
of nuclear plants we might witness the end of the false science and profit
driven propaganda of the so called nuclear renaissance. So this is a perfect
time to go ahead with the solutions! Let's go ahead. We all
have a role to play.

A PROPOSAL TO ELIMINATE NUCLEAR POWER

Whereas the daily operation of nuclear power
plants has planned and unplanned health damaging emissions, and whereas
the continuing operation of nuclear power creates radioactive waste for
which there is no long term storage, and whereas nuclear power production
is not economically appropriate, it is proposed that all nuclear power
be phased out as an energy source.

It is proposed that sustainable and non-toxic, already
available sources of energy be utilized immediately.

We, the Voices for Safe Energy, have prepared the Nuclear
Reader with the intention of providing vital information, with the vision
of security and health for us all. We invite you to share widely.
There is no copyright: Use as best you can for the benefit of everyone.

http://www.newenergymovement.orgTheir focus is to educate the public, policy makers and
investors about the need to support research and development of zero-point
energy, magnetic generators, advanced hydrogen processes, and other little-known
powerful energy technologies.

An outstanding overview of clean energy technologies available
at: www.BreakthroughPower.net

“The Coming Energy Revolution”

by Jeane Manning, Avery Publishers NY 1996

Out of print, but available in French and German

“GeoMetrodynamics”

J.A. Wheeler & C. Misner, Academic
Press NY 1962

“Energy from the Vacuum: Concepts and Principles”

by Tom Bearden 1995

Findings after 30 years of research point to a clean energy
source – energy from the vacuum.Contains stories of pioneering inventors. 917pp.
To order: www.cheniere.org

DVDs:

“Overview”

This unique 2 hour DVD is suggested for
an introduction to pioneering inventor Tom Bearden: a lecture by him about the vacuum and the secrets
of engineering its boundless energy. Includes a historical overview of free energy devices.
To order: www.cheniere.org

“Energy from the Vacuum - 2007”

A documentary series of 20 DVD's either in a
set or sold individually. Disc 18 titled Transmutation (43
minutes) includes dialogues with John Bedini, Daniel Sheehan PhD andTom Bearden PhD. To order: www.cheniere.org

Magazine:

Infinite Energy MagazineThe magazine of new energy science and technology

We, the Voices for Safe Energy, have prepared the Nuclear
Reader with the intention of providing vital information, with the vision
of security and health for us all. We invite you to share widely.
There is no copyright: Use as best you can for the benefit of everyone.